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Show 'FridayJept 2312005^ Ints lead President's Cup 5-0 and once led 4-1 after the opening day. "Scott and Goosen beat1 GAINESVILLE, Va. ing Tiger and Freddie was a i Adam Scott watched his big thing for the International ) 25-foot eagle putt from the team," U.S. captain Jack j fringe curl into the left side Nicklaus said. "It set the stage j of the cup for a 3 -up lead for them being ahead. It's > against Tiger Woods and the difference in them being » Fred Couples, a serious blow ahead. We were hoping for ! that set the tone for the exactly the same situation. I I International team Thursday thought we could match up 1 in the opening match at the against them and do well. I ' Presidents Cup, was wrong today." ! Retief Goosen extended his The Americans didn't have ! hand, asjf to tap fists with a lot of things go right for | Scott to celebrate such a big them. putt in alternate shot. Jim Furyk's first swing of But all Goosen wanted was the day aggravated a rib injuthe ball. It was his turn on the ry, and he had to get therapy tee. between shots just to finish "I think I got a 'Good putt' his match. He and Fred Funk out of him," Scott said with a scratched out a halve against smile. Vijay Singh and Mark Hensby, but Nicklaus won't know until With quiet precision, Friday whether Furyk can Goosen and Scott turned in play his better-ball match with a tag-team performance that Woods. buried Woods and Couples and sent the International Nicklaus' best pairing from team into truly foreign territwo years ago in South Africa tory at Robert Trent Jones Golf _ Davis Love III and Kenny Club _ in the lead. Perry _ each missed par putts Mike Weir and Trevor to drop two behind down the Immelman brought up the stretch and lost on the 17th rear, making four birdies in hole when Michael Campbell the first five holes to crush made a 12-foot birdie Davicl Toms and Stewart Cink. moments after Perry had made In between, the International a 30-footer up the ridge. team did enough right to take "Some places it could have a 3 1/2-2 1/2 lead. been worse," Nicklaus said. One point isn't much, espe- "Some places it could have cially with 28 matches left been better. Tomorrow is until the cup is awarded. another day." "It's like a mile race and Scott and Goosen got this you're 50 yards ahead," day off to a resounding start. International captain Gary It started with a simple Player said. "This is as close as halve on the third hole, when it can be without being a tie." Goosen hit a 60-foot putt to But considering how the a hole location that was a few International team typically feet below a steep ridge. The starts at RTJ, it was cause for putt was struck with such optimism. In three previous perfect pace that it settled 16 trips to this golf course on inches for the cup for a conthe shores of Lake Manassas, ceded birdie. Then, it was a the Americans have twice led matter of waiting for Woods ; J BY D O U G FERGUSON The Associated Press and Couples to self-destruct. A poor chip by Woods cost them the fourth hole. Couples missed a 4-foot birdie putt so badly that it never touched the hole, falling two behind on the sixth. And when Scott made a 10-foot birdie putt on the par3 seventh that juts out into the lake, the International team already was 3-up. "The first match out is always important, no matter who you're playing," Scott said. "Gary wanted Retief and I to go out and give the guys something to see." The turning point came at the par-5 10th. Woods and Couples won the previous hole, and then Couples made an unlikely birdie with a 35-foot putt. But instead of cutting the deficit to one hole, Goosen calmly rolled in a 15footer to halve the hole. "That was probably the point in the match that... we didn't win it there, but it certainly had a big impact," Scott said. "We changed our momentum. Retief rolls it in, and heads off to the next tee as he does, and everything is normal." It was only the third time in 36 matches at the Presidents Cup or Ryder Cup that Woods was beaten without getting to the 16th tee. Neither he nor Couples played well. "I was outclassed by three guys, and I couldn't help Tiger at all," Couples said. It was the marquee match of the day, and the anticipation built as former Presidents Bush and Clinton stood on the first tee amid the wives and the heads of six major golf tours around the world. Goosen, quiet as ever, kept it all in perspective when asked the importance of taking down Woods. •TEAMS From page 8 them in an early hole in the Mountain West Conference championship race. Mike Sanford, Whittingham's fellow coordinator under Urban Meyer last year, also jumped to a new job as UNLV's head coach once the golden-boy-coach Meyer packed up for Gainesville. As his media guide entry greets you, Sanford is "one of college football's leading offensive minds." He is the only coach to hop on the carousel this year with NFL experience since he coached the wide receivers for the San Diego Chargers from 19992001. While Sanford has the "it" offense this season, it doesn't appear he has the personnel to make it a winning scheme. But in a couple years, who knows? UNLV has lost to Nevada and New Mexico in their first and third games this season. For now, Sanford might as well be in the rain holding that horn off the magical unicorn which appears to belong to Meyer, instead of to his two former coordinators at Utah. With the jumble that is the Utah coaching landscape, it may take a couple years to sort out which defensive coordinator is the better head coach. But with an extra twelfth game and a hopeful yearly matchup between the Cougs and Ags, there will be plenty of on-field action to decide which institution will have the next bout of national-attention-gaining success. Kevin is a senior majoring in print journalism. Comments can be sent to krn@cc.usu.edu ^Professional Quality Printing A Business Forms AThesis, dissertations AWedding Invitations & Accessories Square Great -, Service Opportunity Do You Have 1 Spare Hour a Week? Do You Like Working With Youth? Would you like to help youth in Cache Valley? Do you need an extra credit.. and it's free! If you answered YES to any of these questions, you should be a mentor. 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USU was also playing its first Western Athletic Conference match. There will be more to come. Utah State will face Louisiana Tech Saturday at the Spectrum. They will then hit the road next week to face Boise State and Idaho. "We're looking forward to contributing in the WAC," Fuller said. "We're going to focus for Louisiana Tech. Boise State is solid, We know how good Idaho is. They're not new to us. "That's another tough conference weekend. There are no easy matches in the WAC.*' 1 -bwalker@cc.usu.edu I tacos and burritos ! $1 OFF j all combination meals Expires Sept. 30, 2005 MEXICAN FOOD EAT IN & TAKE-OUT OPEN 2 4 HOURS 750-0328 LOVE ROCKS Ryan Talbot photo/r(albot@cc.usu.edu Beth Hodge and Zuzana Cernlanska celebrate after defeating New Mexico State in only three games Thursday night in the Spectrum. Cernianska helped the Aggies with 11 kills. UTAH STATE'S KELSI PETERSON, top, the contest 6-1 on the year and was riding two seasons of undefeated conference play. 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